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Stimuli-responsive RAPs with disulfide bonds enable in-situ electrode cleaning via UV or electrochemical stimuli, effectively removing fouling and restoring electrode performance in electrochemical flow cells.
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The cross-linking of conjugated polymers has been shown to be an effective strategy to improve its elastic properties to give deformable semiconductors for plastic electronics. Although there have been extensive studies of the structural requirements of the polymer host for good film ductility, no work to date has focused on the relevance of the structural design or chemistry of these cross-linker additives. In this study, urethane groups and tertiary carbon atoms are inserted into the alkyl backbone of perfluorophenyl azide-based cross-linkers to investigate the importance of cross-linker crystallinity with respect to polymer morphology and hence mechanical and electrical properties. Linear cross-linkers with hydrogen bonding from urethane groups readily phase separate and recrystallize in the polymer network to form cross-linked domains that obstruct the strain distribution of the polymer film. Branch cross-linkers with tertiary carbon on the other hand form an evenly cross-linked network in the polymer blend stemming from excellent miscibility and show a 4-fold increase in fracture strain. Furthermore, a stable hole mobility of 0.2 cm 2 V –1 s –1 is achieved up to ε = 100%, and a stable hole mobility of 0.1 cm 2 V –1 s –1 after 2000 cycles of ε = 25% on fully stretchable organic field-effect transistors.
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We demonstrate efficient coupling of excitons in near-surface GaAs quantum dots (QDs) to surface-plasmon polaritons. We observe distinct changes in the photoluminescence of the emitters as the distance between the QDs and the gold interface decreases. Based on an electric point-dipole model, we identify the surface plasmon launching rates for different QD-surface distances. While in conventional far-field experiments only a few percent of the emitted photons can be collected due to the high refractive index semiconductor substrate, already for distances around 30 nm the plasmon launching-rate becomes comparable to the emission rate into bulk photon modes, thus much larger than the photon collection rate. For even smaller distances, the degrading optical properties of the emitter counterweight the increasing coupling efficiency to plasmonic modes.
The photo-instability of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) has been studied under varied conditions. We discussed the main features of the evolution of photoluminescence (PL) intensity and energy at different laser powers, which showed critical dependences on the environment. The PL red shift in a vacuum showed strong temperature dependence, from which we concluded that the thermal activation energy for trapping states of the charge carriers was about 14.7 meV. Furthermore, the PL spectra showed asymmetric evolution during the laser irradiation, for which two possible explanations were discussed. Those results provided a comprehensive picture for the photo-instability of the colloidal QDs under different conditions.